{"id":3300,"date":"2019-01-24T12:55:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/?p=3300"},"modified":"2019-04-08T14:24:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T21:24:47","slug":"seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing on Merit Calls on Congress to Address Housing Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In an effort to continually advocate for the expansion of affordable housing throughout the nation, Housing on Merit has joined the Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign<\/span><\/a> that includes national organizations working in housing, education, healthcare, civil rights, anti-poverty, senior advocacy, faith-based sectors, anti-hunger, veterans affairs and LGBTQ rights.\u00a0 Recently, this multi-sector campaign released a report entitled \u201cWithin Reach\u201d<\/span><\/a> and is bringing it to Congress to advocate for stronger federal action and involvement for the most vulnerable low-income households.\u00a0 Included in the report are three long-term policy strategy initiatives to dramatically expand rental assistance, expand the supply of affordable housing, and prevent housing instability and homelessness through a national financial assistance emergency program.\u00a0 The report also presents research highlighting how housing can significantly affect outcomes in education, health, civil rights, food security and poverty reduction.\u00a0 The campaign is also pressuring Congress to increase the annual funding of the national Housing Trust Fund to $3.5 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an effort to continually advocate for the expansion of affordable housing throughout the nation, Housing on Merit has joined the Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign that includes national organizations working in housing, education, healthcare, civil rights, anti-poverty, senior advocacy, faith-based sectors, anti-hunger, veterans affairs and LGBTQ rights.\u00a0 Recently, this multi-sector campaign released a report entitled \u201cWithin Reach\u201d and is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHousing on Merit Calls on Congress to Address Housing Crisis | Housing On Merit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Housing on Merit Calls on Congress to Address Housing Crisis | Housing On Merit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an effort to continually advocate for the expansion of affordable housing throughout the nation, Housing on Merit has joined the Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign that includes national organizations working in housing, education, healthcare, civil rights, anti-poverty, senior advocacy, faith-based sectors, anti-hunger, veterans affairs and LGBTQ rights.\u00a0 Recently, this multi-sector campaign released a report entitled \u201cWithin Reach\u201d and is […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Housing On Merit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-24T20:55:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-04-08T21:24:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DxrfDCbWoAAziYN-300x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Housing On Merit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Housing On Merit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/\",\"name\":\"Housing on Merit Calls on Congress to Address Housing Crisis | Housing On Merit\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-24T20:55:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-08T21:24:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4b1cc8ff5b1293cbaf9c53011a17cdec\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Housing on Merit Calls on Congress to Address Housing Crisis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/\",\"name\":\"Housing On Merit\",\"description\":\"A Charitable Foundation Providing Housing to Those in Need\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4b1cc8ff5b1293cbaf9c53011a17cdec\",\"name\":\"Housing On Merit\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f833c1a39f7b0ba0c3a6c279d99b86a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f833c1a39f7b0ba0c3a6c279d99b86a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Housing On Merit\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Housingonmerit\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/author\/hom\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Housing on Merit Calls on Congress to Address Housing Crisis | Housing On Merit","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Housing on Merit Calls on Congress to Address Housing Crisis | Housing On Merit","og_description":"In an effort to continually advocate for the expansion of affordable housing throughout the nation, Housing on Merit has joined the Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign that includes national organizations working in housing, education, healthcare, civil rights, anti-poverty, senior advocacy, faith-based sectors, anti-hunger, veterans affairs and LGBTQ rights.\u00a0 Recently, this multi-sector campaign released a report entitled \u201cWithin Reach\u201d and is […]","og_url":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/","og_site_name":"Housing On Merit","article_published_time":"2019-01-24T20:55:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-04-08T21:24:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DxrfDCbWoAAziYN-300x150.jpg"}],"author":"Housing On Merit","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Housing On Merit","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/","url":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/","name":"Housing on Merit Calls on Congress to Address Housing Crisis | Housing On Merit","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-24T20:55:13+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-08T21:24:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4b1cc8ff5b1293cbaf9c53011a17cdec"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/seniors-gain-attention-at-crew-network-convention-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Housing on Merit Calls on Congress to Address Housing Crisis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/","name":"Housing On Merit","description":"A Charitable Foundation Providing Housing to Those in Need","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4b1cc8ff5b1293cbaf9c53011a17cdec","name":"Housing On Merit","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f833c1a39f7b0ba0c3a6c279d99b86a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f833c1a39f7b0ba0c3a6c279d99b86a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Housing On Merit"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/Housingonmerit"],"url":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/author\/hom\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3300"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3700,"href":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3300\/revisions\/3700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housingonmerit.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}